Joshua 22:21:2Josh.22.21.W2TAB
בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֣ן
beneireuven
“the sons of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- Extended
- beh-NEE-re-uu-VEHN
- IPA
- /bəneː-rəʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sons of Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD
- clause
va-ya-a-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH va-ye-da-be-RU et-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The series of construct phrases bnei Reuven {בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן | bᵊ-nê-rᵉ-ʾû-vên}, ubnei Gad {וּבְנֵי־גָד | û-bᵊ-nê gād}, and wachatzi shevet hammenashsheh {וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְנַשֶּׁה | wā-ḥă-ṣî šê-ḇeṭ ham-mə-naš-šeh} enumerates tribal representatives in parallel structure.
Root and etymology
ב־נ
“son”
In context — Joshua 22:21
Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, answered and spoke to the clan heads of Israel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 22:21, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֣ן (beneireuven) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.22.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.21.W2.S1) and character.